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27
Jul

2015 Ecological Society of America

Cast your academic fishing nets into the Chesapeake Bay with University of California Press during the 2015 Ecological Society of America meeting! This year’s ESA meeting convenes August 9-14 in Baltimore, MD. Visit …

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16
Apr

New Chapters in the Story of Life

Nature is full of surprises. Last week, researchers working in the Philippines confirmed that a giant tree-dwelling monitor lizard is a newly discovered species, Varanus bitatawa—a cousin of the Komodo dragon. Quietly …

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09
Apr

Life: Hunters and Prey, Ingenious Insects

To stay alive, animals must eat and avoid being eaten. This means they must develop hunting and escape strategies, many of which they learn from their parents: “Youngsters who learn from their …

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24
Nov

Darwin and the Story of Life

On November 24, 1859, John Murray published Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”. That same …

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09
Nov

Charles Darwin On Tour

If you think you see Charles Darwin roaming the streets this month, it might be Richard Milner, the singing Darwin scholar. Since his graduate school days, Milner, a science historian and author …

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